I come on here with good intent, but generally miss a lot of the postings because i come across one by Mr Walls or Mr Fiddler and generally fall asleep.

Even an air freshener in the Forum meeting room would be of more use than he could possibly be.

My guess is that he’s trying to take the crown of “The Most Pointless Person Present” from Mr. Fidler. I can’t believe that these people are being allowed to represent a largely intelligent group of drivers whose children could even run circles around them.

Hello Sam,

I do not lack a grasp of simple mathematics, as I did not give any mathermatics as such in my post, all I did Sam was give you the responce answer I was given when I asked Joanne Lee how the Council Officers had come to the figures for certain costs and the examples stated was the workings as it was explained to me.

Sam this site asks me not to be secretive and so I was just trying to keep you aware of what the answers were to my questioning of Joanne about how figures were reached.

Sam, I to will be objecting to the proposed costs and that was the basis of my questioning of Joanne, so I understood how certain figures had been reached.
It is also worth pointing out that as we do not get an MOT at the 6 Month inspection for our vehicles over 4 years old, then why do we get charged the MOT price of £54 when there is a simple Certificate of Compliance (COC) that can be issued instead of an MOT that should only involve a cost of £32 according to the Department of Transport who also conduct MOT rules and pricing for products.

Now Sam, if we were to ask the Council to not give us an MOT, but to give us a COC then we could only be charged £32 not £54 according to Department of Transport figure pricing and that would reduce the fee for a vehicle under 4 years, and reduce the fee for over 4 year old vehicle because the fee charged would be only £32 more than the under 4 year old vehicle.
Remember though that £38 should have been deducted from £236 to give figure of £198 for an under 4 year old vehicle then add 8.5% because by simply adding 8.5% to £236 gives you a figure of £256.06p meaning there is an extra £12.94p to get £269 figure stated then the Council just added another £54 for the MOT meaning if £198 plus 8.5% was applied you get a figure of £214.83 plus £32 equals £246.83p for a vehicle under 4 years old, and £278.83p for a vehicle over 4 years old.
Then if you apply that to a replacemen vehicle cost it would read COC £32 plus Plate cost £10 plus Admin Cost £5 meaning £47 not £69 as in report.
Then as I say how can Transfer of Prorietor be increase by £15 to £20, when either the Ammendment to Licence, or the, Additional Proprietor Admin costs remain at £5.

The whole situation has been set out very badly, but one thing is for sure the Council can make Charges to cover the cost of the Department with a 5% profit margin built in for safety measures of balancing the books.

Hope this satisfies you Sam, that I am looking out for both the “Hail and Ride” and the “Prebooked in Advance” Drivers interests, as Stephen Arthur seems to doubt my intentions at the Licensing Form.

Thaks

Dave Walls

Dear Dave Walls, you may be a businessman but i think you lack a grasp of mathematics (as do the councillors who passed the increase). The report submitted to the committee was mis-leading to say the least, it implied an 8.5% rise, which we all know is total bullsh*t. I for one will certainly be objecting.

Not trying to justify the Council Increases, but I asked after the Councillors had decided to approve the rise in principal tonight, why the Vehicle fee was so high and the response was add 8.5% to the old fee for under 4 years old plus the £16 MOT increase and then add £54 for extra 6 month test for vehicles over 4 years.

In relation to the replacement vehicle I was told £38 was for an MOT, but that is now £54 and a Plate is £10 and £5 increase in administration giving £69 figure.

Then the Tranfer of Proprietor is down to an administration charge increase of £15 to the £20 figure, but I do not understand that one as Additional Proprietor is still only £5 Admin Charge and the Amendment to Licence is still £5, therefore to me £15 increse to much in my opinion.

I will never understand how an Operator Licence is so cheap, when you see that a Propritor with a Vehicle can probably only turnover around £300-£700 a week less expenses depending on how they work.
Yet an Operator Licence can generate £100 a week from every vehicle they operate, so you do the maths on that one? as it is not my intention to upset the Operator Licence Proprietors.

Thanks
Dave Walls

by the way, did you know us taxi/private hire drivers are paying for the pensions of the council workers who we pay to regulate us…… what planet are they on, beam me up Scotty !!!!!!!!!!

re:- fare increase, times are tough because of the recession, lets do our bit and freeze the fares.